A 109-year-old believed to be the last surviving female veteran of World War I has died, Britain's Ministry of Defence reports. Gladys Powers, who lied about her age to join the Women's Army Auxiliar...

General Motors Corp. has started to offer early retirement packages to selected white-collar workers as part of a plan to cut 15 percent of its salaried jobs in the U.S. and Canada.GM spokesman Dan Fl...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Two elderly women have won a reprieve from a sentence to one year in labour camps handed down after they sought permission for a protest during this month's Beijing Olympics, a ri...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) _ Predictions that Pervez Musharraf will have to flee Pakistan to escape treason charges have died along with the coalition that drove him from the presidency.The ex-general c...

Aug 30 2008 WalesOnline CHINESE authorities have reversed their decision and will not send two elderly women to a labour camp after they applied for a protest permit during the Olympics, a human r...

Pension fund reforms to be more far-reaching The Department of Social Development wants to broaden the retirement reform process so that it results in the creation of a comprehensive social security...

GO announced that its turnover for the period January to June 2008 amounted to €64.2 million, an increase of 1.6% over the comparative period. This was characterised by the continued decline in ...

By Lisa Daniel - Military members receive some buffers from hard times through benefits like housing and meal allowances, commissaries and a strong support network. But they feel the crunch of increasing prices like everyone else.

The National Rheumatoid Arthritis society will hold a summit on september 11 at the Thistle Foundation in Craigmillar. Ailsa Bosworth, chief executive and founder of NRAS, said: "There is still a perc...

Cape businessman Jan Pickard Jr has avoided serving time in prison by entering into a plea bargain with the state for his role in the theft of a R28,8-million surplus from the retirement fund of his f...